Decolonizing African Art History and Heritage : Unveiling Ritual Objects' Power as Spiritual Resilience

by Claire Nalukenge

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series African Worlds: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives

ISBN-10 1836956061

ISBN-13 9781836956068

Publisher Berghahn Books

Imprint Berghahn Books

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 1st, 2026

Print length 224 Pages

Product Classification: History of art / art & design styles History of art Museology and heritage studies Museology & heritage studies Cultural studies Cultural studies Sociology Sociology: customs & traditions Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology

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In Mubende Hill, Uganda, African art history lives through its spiritual traditions. Centering the agency of ritual objects and the ancestral Omweyimirize tree, this book reveals how clay pots, calabashes, Bachwezi cups and other artefacts mediate healing, identity, and continuity among the Balyammere. Drawing on oral histories, participatory fieldwork and decolonial critique, the author challenges museum practices that silence sacred objects by stripping them from context. It foregrounds indigenous interpretive authority while highlighting contemporary artistic re-engagements that sustain cultural knowledge, spiritual vitality and African epistemic sovereignty.

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